Posted on 06/30/2006 4:53:54 PM PDT by Freestar
We need YOU to drive your RV, pitch your tents, and take a stand against eminent domain abuse by camping out at the Halper Farm until the moment of eviction. We hope it will be like Valley Forge without the frostbite and Woodstock without the mud.
We have received word that the government plans to send over a large number of well armed police officers to evict this family from what is rightfully theirs. We must draw a line in the sand and say: NO MORE! We must defend our constitutional right to own property. If this event isn't worthy of your time then you will never find an event that is. Please, we need YOU. Don't hope someone else shows up. WE NEED YOU.
Date: Starts Saturday, July 8, 2006, stay as long as you like. The eviction is Monday, July 10 at 3pm
Location: Farm of Larry and Clara Halper 4 Bella Drive, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
Activities: Traditional camping activities and we invite musicians, comedians and performers to show up and entertain the "troops". If you want to go you do not need to RSVP, just show up. There is plenty of space and the Halpers welcome you to camp on their land. However, we'd like to keep a count so we encourage you to RSVP through http://www.freestarmedia.com/halper.html
STORY
On Monday July 10 at 3:00 the government of Piscataway, New Jersey will evict a family from their farm using eminent domain. While the U.S. Constitution should have protected their home now it is up to YOU. If enough people join us we can form "Human Constitution" around their home when the police arrive to take it.
The Halper family has farmed their land for over 80 years. Now the government of Piscataway, New Jersey will take their 75 acres using eminent domain. The government claims it wants to take the farm to preserve "open spaces." It's a farm. It is already an open space.
Furthermore, the family has turned down offers to develop it and even tried to sell the development rights to the State of New Jersey so they can be left alone. A representative of a Democratic campaign committee demanded a "contribution" in exchange for giving the Halpers a good price for the development rights. This request for a bribe was caught on tape by the FBI and lead to the resignation of Governor McGreevy.
With the "open space" argument shown to be absurd, the government next accused the farm of being a "toxic waste dump" althought they have failed to provide any proof of this. The only chemicals found were pesticides against mosquitos that the city itself was caught spraying on the farm in the middle of the winter.
The government of Piscataway has taken over the property of many other people in the area using all sorts of rationale (senior housing, open spaces, etc.) most of it has been sold to developers for high-density housing. Many people believe the Halper farm will also be sold by the city to well-connected developers.
The government of Piscataway, New Jersey has been harassing the Halper family for years by sending over police officers on bogus code infractions, driving by and shining bright lights in their windows and even arresting Larry Halper on superficial charges. When Freestar went to a public fair to interview Mayor Brian Wahler (and offer an award from Vladimir Lenin) we were surrounded by police and chased away. A government like this should not exist in America. See it here: http://www.thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=736
You can help draw a line in the sand in the battle over eminent domain. Take a stand at the Halper Farm. Don't assume others will preserve your freedom for you. We need YOU to join us. In addition to helping stop eminent domain abuse you can help the Halpers by purchasing a ornamental pear tree or shrub . They have spent a fortune on legal bills to try to fend off this land-grab by the government. Buy a plant, don't let the government steal it.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Get the media involved: contact talk radio hosts and encourage them to do a live on-site broadcast, to get people to show up for the Halper Camp-Out, and to generally promote it.
Contact groups that might get their members out: RV owners, camping groups, property rights groups, other victims of eminent domain.
Contact entertainers: musicians, comedians, performers, Civil or Revolutionary War re-inactors. Help us rent a flat bed truck for a stage, a PA system for the entertainers, and port-a-potties. Help us buy food and drink for the campers, make banners, and cover other costs. If you want to help...just do it! You don't need prior authorization from anyone as long as you are just promoting the event as described.
QUESTIONS e-mail: logan@freestarmedia.com
RSVP here http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/objective1@aol.com/halper
Seizing a farm for "open space?"
This is absurd.
What would prevent Trout Unlimited members from using the state to seize 1,000 miles of stream access on private property? If TU can raise the money, why not?
How about an ATV club seizing 500 miles of 20 foot wide road access across 200 pieces of private property?
Thanks for the ping, ES.
What a thing to see on the Fourth of July :(
Anyone who goes out there should have bail money/family members available. The people who are carrying this out are despicible, and will take great joy in busting people.
Pinging you LE for an FYI.
In total agreement but being over 1000 mi away and with Iowa fighting our own eminent domain battle, I'll keep you all in my thoughts and prayers. We must win this one.
Halper Farm bump. This is outrageous. More power to the "Human Constitution."
BUMP in the name of all that's Holy.
BTTT. (I'm 3,000 miles away so I'm afraid that and my prayers are all I can do.)
BUMP
Thanks all for the bumps.
Please let this not go silently into that Marxist night.
I thought that as long as he announced he was "GAY" the former Governor has a blanket "Get out of jail free" card for this and other crimes.
http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060712/NEWS/607120309
Halpers stand firm, refuse to leave farm
Piscataway family defies eviction order for second day.
PISCATAWAY -- The Halper family remained on their farm Tuesday, loading and hauling heavy machinery and other belongings off the 75-acre property on South Washington Avenue in the wake of Monday's 3 p.m. eviction deadline set by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Despite the notice to evict, Clara and Larry Halper and their four children stayed at their farm Monday night.
As of 7 p.m. Tuesday, they planned to spend another night on the farm. Judging by comments from Larry Halper, the family may stay even longer.
"We're not giving up our property rights; we're not leaving until we get a fair trial," he said.
"We haven't been paid a nickel for our land, crops, moving expenses for anything," he added. "We haven't gotten due process yet. How would you feel if someone was taking your home and not paying for it?"
(snip)
LOL!
Ahhh. Pathetic.
That's interesting!
Unbeknownst to me, the house I owned was on property that was formerly zoned as a "green acres." I had to go to some council meetings and sign off on "transferring" that green acres to some land that abutted Route 287. This was about 6 years ago.
Some months later, when two supersized, Piscataway Township councilmen (I forget their names now) came around canvassing for votes, they had the misfortune of happening upon me while I was doing some yard work. We of course started talking about the Cornell Farm (The Halpers place). I asked of what value it would be to me and my family. Would it be turned into a park that we could use? They flat out said "No" that it would be kept undeveloped at all.
I asked them how my house got built and why it was so easy to simply change the designation of my property and transfer it to land along a highway. No answer of course. I asked them why the property that Piscataway owned right next to the Halpers got developed as a Walmart and Lowes if all this "Open space" was so important. They started to look very uncomfortable and back away.
I was still reading them the riot act as they turned their backs and walked away!
This land is actually designated to be developed as part of the research park coming with the Rutgers UMDNJ development.
I've not seen that printed anywhere though. It is in the site planning model.
My children's school is even buried under the building's planned with this development.
Lots of different stories come from everyone that has their hand in this mess.
bump
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060717/NEWS03/607170327/1007
>>>>a lawyer for the Halpers recently filed a suit in federal court alleging that her clients' rights to due process have been violated and that a conflict of interest exists. The suit alleges the Halpers were represented by a firm that may have been representing the condemning authority and Piscataway at the same time.<<<<
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New update posted here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668718/posts?page=105#105
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